Larousse Dictionary of Literary Characters

It seems that the dictionary covers all important English literary characters, and even much less important characters of the most famous English writers (e.g. more than 200 literary characters from W. Scott's opus alone). That's really fantastic (especially for English readers).

But the publisher (Larousse) should know that the literature in English is not the only literature. Authors should either include the most important non-English literary characters (like Anna Karenina, for example) in this dictionary or give it a different, not misleading title. (Slovenian dictionary of literary characters is titled "Slovenski literarni junaki", i.e. "Slovenian literary characters", because in Slovenia we understand that we aren't alone in this world.)


Excellent book with a misleading title   September 10, 2002
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Larousse Dictionary of Literary Characters is an excellent book with over 6,500 entries, but it's covering literature written in English only. This should be evident from the title, shouldn't it?

It seems that the dictionary covers all important English literary characters, and even much less important characters of the most famous British and American writers (e.g. more than 200 literary characters from W. Scott's opus alone). That's really fantastic (especially for English readers).

But the publisher (Larousse) should bear in mind that literature in English is not the only literature. Authors should either include the most important non-English literary characters (like Anna Karenina, for example) in this dictionary or give it a different, not misleading title. (Slovenian dictionary of literary characters is titled "Slovenski literarni junaki", i.e. "Slovenian literary characters", because in Slovenia we understand that we aren't alone in this world.)